# Crowdsource Project: The Cheapest Apartment in the World

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowdsource-project-the-cheapest-apartment-in-the-world/664223>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 22, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowdsource-project-the-cheapest-apartment-in-the-world/664223 "2013-07-22T18:12:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowdsource-project-the-cheapest-apartment-in-the-world/664223/1 "2013-07-22T18:12:25Z")

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I would like to see a picture of the cheapest apartment in the world.

By “apartment,” I mean:  
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[li]It has to be its own domicile; so a room that you found that’s $75 per month in a house shared with 15 other housemates doesn’t count.[/li][li]No shared facilities; it must have its own kitchen (or approximation thereof), commode, and shower/bath.[/li][li]No officially-unoccupied buildings being used as squats.[/li][li]No rooms in hostels; the apartment must have walls separating it from the other tenants.[/li][/ul]

The cheapest apartment I’ve ever seen was a converted hotel room (the hotel had been a cheap, roadside motel where passing truckers/transients/etc. would stay) with a single bed, teeny-stove, and a shower, in an area that was maybe 100 square feet. Just down the road from Springfield, Illinois, $150 per month, utilities paid, as of 2006.

And as an aside- what major world city has the most affordable rents? I’m going to guess Mumbai, based on absolutely no reason at all.

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**Author:** ![drew870mitchell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drew870mitchell/32/3946_2.png) [@drew870mitchell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drew870mitchell)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowdsource-project-the-cheapest-apartment-in-the-world/664223/2 "2013-07-22T21:51:26Z")

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When I was apartment-lookin’ last year I found one great deal (maybe 33% off nearby similar properties) with the stipulation that you would have to keep the house clean and be out if people wanted to look at it - it was a model home for whatever type of neighborhood it was in. **HeyHomie** you may want to exclude that type of arrangement.

What about mobile homes?

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowdsource-project-the-cheapest-apartment-in-the-world/664223/3 "2013-07-23T12:38:34Z")

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_Trailer for sale or rent,  
Room to let, fifty cent.  
No phone, no pool, no pets . . .  
– Roger Miller_